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Terry forgot to prepare for Tuesday's lecture. In the staff room, he hurriedly wrote the following down on a napkin and photocopied it.

This is what the students were given.


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  1. canada's leader
  2. The leader of Canada is jean chretien.
  3. he lives in the city of Ottawa by the Rideau Canal.
  4. He likes to skate on the rideau canal in the winter.
  5. He likes to ice fish during his long lunch hours.
  6. In the month of march, Jean visits Florida.
  7. While there, he watches the montreal expos play baseball.
  8. It is rumoured that he will retire and move to the south.
  9. He wants to be a salesperson for coca cola.
  10. This winter, he will tell all Canadians about his future plans.


Below indicate if the lines above are correct or if there is a problem. Also describe the rule that is broken in the erroneous lines.

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      1.     erroneous - Canada's Leader
      (capitalise all words except prepositions, internal articles and conjunctions in titles)

      2.     erroneous - Jean Chretien
      (capitalise proper names)

      3.     erroneous - He lives
      (capitalise the first word of a sentence)

      4.     erroneous - Rideau Canal
      (capitalise the names of localities, geographical areas)

      5.     correct

      6.     erroneous - March
      (capitalise the months of the year and days of the week; comma after March - introductory dependent clause requires a comma)

      7.     erroneous - Montreal Expos
      (capitalise the names of organisations and cities)

      8.     erroneous - the South
      (capitalise directions when they refer to a definite area not a direction)

      9.     erroneous - Coca Cola
      (capitalise trade names)

      10.   correct
      (do not capitalise the seasons fall, summer, spring and winter)


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